Spooky Halloween cupcakes

Preheat the oven to 175C.

Line muffin trays with 18 cupcake papers.

For the cupcakes: Place all the cupcake ingredients into a mixing bowl and beat with a mixer until pale and fluffy (2-3 minutes).

Distribute the mixture between the cupcake papers.

Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.

Remove and allow to cool for 5 minutes in the tins, before cooling completely on a wire rack. Once cold you can prepare the icing.

For the icing: Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl.

Separate the icing into several smaller bowls and add a couple of drops of food colouring to each to make different coloured icing.

Smear the icing onto the cooled cupcakes. Decorate with writing icing and Halloween sweets of your choice.